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The Garden Club of Houston contributes in many ways to the Houston community. Members donate their time and effort, and the club donates financially with funds raised from the annual Bulb & Plant Mart and the biennial Florescence.
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To celebrate the Garden Club of America’s 2013 Centennial, the Garden Club of Houston has issued its Great Small Trees for Houston brochure for use by public entities, developers, and citizens. We are creating demonstration plantings using these trees along Houston’s signature waterway, Buffalo Bayou, beginning in 2009 and extending until 2013. For more information, click here.
The Hospice at the Texas Medical Center - Club Members oversee the planting and maintenance of the gardens at the Medical Center Hospice which is a peaceful outdoor retreat for hospice residents and workers.
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Medical Center Park - GCH provided support for the initial planning and building of the Medical Center Park. Members are involved in its continued maintenance, providing a green space for patients and hospital workers in the Medical Center. Click here for a picture of the Garden. |
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston - The Garden Club of Houston has been caring for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) gardens for 75 years. In 1931, we sponsored our first House and Garden Pilgrimage. Two gardens were presented to the public for an admission fee of twenty-five cents. Proceeds were used for designing and planting the MFAH grounds. Funds from our money raising activities continue to maintain the grounds and gardens and to provide plants and flowers within the Museum as well as flower arrangements for exhibition openings. GCH and MFAH also partner to produce Florescence, a bi-annual Garden Club of America Major Flower Show. |
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Reinzi - Click here for more information on Rienzi. |
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The Museum of Natural Science - The Club funds a grant to the Cockrell Butterfly Exhibit which provides for a summer horticulture internship, an other projects within the Museum.
Donations of Plant Materials - The Club donates bulb and plant material to many organizations in Houston, which include Casa de Esperanza, Christ Church Cathedral, Fifth Ward Gardens, Houston Zoological Gardens, Women's Christian Home, and Urban Harvest.
Financial Contributions - The Garden Club of Houston makes contributions to many garden and environmental organizations and projects, which have included:
- Children's Museum of Houston
- Armand Bayou Nature Center
- Brookwood Community
- Buffalo Bayou Sesquicentennial
- Chinquapin School
- Urban Harvest, Houston Audubon Society
- Cylinder Gardening Project/Urban Harvest, etc.
- Allen Elementary - Humingbird Garden and Outdoor Classroom
- Durkee Elementary with Urban Harvest - Community Garden
- Tapley with Buffalo Bayou Partnership - Landscape Restoration
- Mercer Arboretum - Native Plant Garden Project
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Click here for the 2011 Grant Request Guidelines